Senate confirms top EPA enforcement official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday confirmed the
Environmental Protection Agency's third high-level official after
Administrator Scott Pruitt, approving Susan Bodine to become the
agency's top enforcement official.

Bodine will serve as assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, leading the agency's
enforcement actions against polluters.

In September, two senators threatened to hold up her confirmation
out of concern that she was serving as special counsel to Pruitt
while she waited out the confirmation process, a possible
violation of a federal law, and because she was slow to respond
to Senate Democrats' oversight queries.

Democratic Senator Tom Carper of Delaware said on Thursday that
he was "satisfied" with the responses she and EPA officials sent,
clearing the way for her confirmation.